13 Jul
2001
13 Jul
'01
4:51 a.m.
On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 12:56:02PM +0200, Eugene Leitl wrote:
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles officials seeking to impose property taxes on space satellites were brought back down to Earth on Tuesday when a state board moved toward declaring satellites beyond the reach of even the tax collector.
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``It's ludicrous, absolutely,'' Jamison said. ``It's the type of issue, quite frankly, that causes the company to consider relocating its base of operations to a more business-friendly environment.''
It would serve L.A., and the Peoples Republic right if Hughes moved. -- "Ponzi scheme: see FICA"--Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz